The Innovation Panel (IP) is a longitudinal survey designed for researchers to use as a test-bed for experimental ways of collecting data and developing new research areas.
The Innovation Panel conducts multiple experiments and methodological tests each year which are submitted by researchers worldwide. The next call for proposals will be launched in Spring 2019.
The Innovation Panel team has published a new working paper which summarises the results of experiments and methodological tests: Understanding Society Innovation Panel Wave 10: results from methodological experiments
Breakdown of the experiments in Wave 10
- Applying prospect theory to survey advance letters (Peter Lynn)
- Financial management and perceptions of ownership of money within couples (Hayley Fisher, Hamish Low)
- Can we improve the representativeness of non-resident parents, and collect robust data on reasons for separation? (Caroline Bryson, Stephen McKay)
- Evaluating consent for linkage to the electoral register (Nicole Martin, Maria Sobolewska)
- Comparing static and dynamic presentation of question grids (Tim Hanson)
- Twitter Linkage Consent (Tarek Al Baghal, Curtis Jessop, Luke Sloan)
How do I access the IP data?
To download Understanding Society data, you must register with the UKDS. Find full details about accessing our data in the Getting Started guide.
Training for IP users
There is an online course available called Introduction to the Innovation Panel using Stata and this can be accessed via Moodle – read how to sign up
Impact and usage examples
- Case study: Longitudinal research: Mix it up!
- Case study: How to Measure Household Expenditure
- Read all methodological research that uses Innovation Panel data
Tell us
If you have used data from the Innovation Panel, please let us know so we can publish a story online.
How do I reference?
All publications that use IP data must include the following acknowledgement:
“This paper makes use of data from the Understanding Society Innovation Panel administered by ISER, University of Essex, and funded by the Economic and Social Research Council.”
Please also note that submissions for publication in peer reviewed journals or books must use the public release version of the Innovation Panel data. Researchers must obtain the final data version from the UK Data Service and re-run their analyses using these data.
